Square KDS
Kitchen display system for managing restaurant orders and meal preparation
- Vendor
- Square
- Also known as
- square-kds
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Square KDS?
A cloud-based kitchen display system that manages incoming orders, organizes tickets, coordinates kitchen staff, and tracks meal preparation with real-time updates and customizable workflows.
Square KDS pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $20–$30/month per KDS device; $30–$50/month per Kiosk device. Custom pricing for high-volume customers.
Square KDS
Square KDS - Lower Tier
Square Kiosk
Square Kiosk - Lower Tier
What Square KDS does
The capabilities that matter for kitchen display systems, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Native POS module
- Station specific item routing grill vs fry
- ✓
- Automated meal pacing and course delays
- ✓
- Color coded alert timers for delayed tickets
- ✓
- Cook time capacity throttling for delivery
- -
- Expo screen consolidation view
- ✓
- Physical bump bar hardware support
- -
- SMS text to guest when order ready
- ✓
- Offline local network mode for internet outages
- ✓
- Third party delivery doordash injection
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- Flat monthly per screen
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- Android
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (44)
Independently observed- Resy OS
- SimpleTix
- Kliken Marketing
- Trustpilot Reviews
- Weglot Translate
- Web Accessibility
- Whoosh
- Ring Cheer Chime
- Uber Eats
- DoorDash
- Grubhub
- OpenTable
- Resy
- QuickBooks
- Xero
- NetSuite
- Zoho
- Sage Intacct
- Wix
- WooCommerce
- Jotform
- Shippo
- SKU IQ
- Thrive Inventory
- Bookkeep
- INFI
- Stream
- KioskBuddy
- SmarterSign
- SyncPenguin
- Trustpilot
- Printful
- Kliken
- Poptin
- Weglot
- Fomo
- Square Point of Sale⇄•
- Square Register⇄•
- Square Terminal⇄•
- Square Handheld⇄•
- Square Dashboard⇄•
- Apple Business•
Square KDS FAQ
Common questions about Square KDS, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Square KDS?
An integrated display system for managing kitchen tickets and meal preparation. It routes items to the correct cooking stations, automates preparation timing to ensure courses are ready together, and provides real-time visibility between front-of-house and kitchen staff. It is indexed under Kitchen Display Systems.
Is Square KDS free?
Square KDS offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Square Free, Square Plus and Square Premium. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Square KDS support?
Square KDS supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Can Square KDS be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Square KDS, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What does Square KDS integrate with?
We have confirmed 35 integrations for Square KDS, including Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub, OpenTable, Resy, QuickBooks, Xero and NetSuite, plus 27 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Where is Square KDS available?
Square KDS is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.
Square KDS alternatives
Other kitchen display systems we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- SpotOn KDSA compact, connected payment and sales system designed for small retail operations to manage transactions and generate reports from a single devicelow · 49%
- Qu KDSA unified restaurant operations platform combining point-of-sale with integrated order management across channelslow · 16%
- TouchBistro KDSlow · 47%
- Lightspeed Kitchenlow · 23%
Compare Square KDS
Side by side against other kitchen display systems, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 75 | 0.09 | 7.1 | ✓ |
| Price level | 50 | 0.10 | 5.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 87 | 0.04 | 3.7 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 44 | 0.05 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 58% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: flat_monthly_per_screen · Deployment model: native_pos_module · Expo screen consolidation view: Yes · Sms text to guest when order ready: Yes · Automated meal pacing and course delays: Yes · Third party delivery doordash injection: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 32 | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 50% |
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